Limitless Swerve

posted in: Artist Features • Urban

Lots of MCs want you to think they’re the next big thing. Koncept actually may be. Barely in his twenties, the Chi-Town rapper is already gaining comparisons to hip hop intelligentsia like Common, Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought. There’s real talent here, waiting to be mined. We’d tell you to start with Radio, where scraping synths needle into the beat as Koncept delivers a rapid-fire dance commandment. But you need to warm up to a sticky club banger like this, so start with Real Hip-Hop. With his deft flow pressing up against orchestral strains and a chunky beat, Koncept claims to be living real high, call me George Jetson. That doesn’t mean life has always been so sweet. On the elegiac Hero, the MC talks about using music as a catharsis, saying, Whatever pain I feel I’d rather scream it through the speaker. There’s a force behind Koncept’s lyrics that’s undeniable. On the swaggering No Limitation, he promises, As far as I can take it is the next destination. We suggest you get a seat on this train before it leaves the station.